Question by Bella: Tittles of Russian royal families?
1- I know a princess is called a grand duchess, but do they still keep the tittle even when they’re the tsar’s sister, not daughter?
2- Would a grand duchess’s husband be called a grand duke or do they have another tittle?
3- What is the tittle of a tsar’s son who isn’t the crown prince (next in line for the throne)
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Answer by Rico
Grand Duchesses remain titled as such when their brother, uncle or cousin became the Tsar, same if the throne had gone to a female due to lack of male heirs under semi Salic law.
As with all men who marry into a royal of imperial house, they get no title. They would not be able to share their wifes imperial rank.
The younger brothers of the Tsarevich (equivalent of Crown Prince), are Grand Dukes.
Answer by Ichiban MSRT, PhD, Lulz
His/Her Imperial Soviet The Grand Duke/Duchess of Russia
Answer by C.G.
Titles in the Russian Royal/Imperial family
Tsar.
Tsaritsa is the term used for a Queen, though in English contexts this seems invariably to be altered to tsarina (since 1717, from Italian czarina, from German Zarin). In Imperial Russia, the official title was Empress). Tsaritsa (Empress) could be either the ruler herself or the wife (Empress consort) of the tsar. The title of tsaritsa is used in the same way in Bulgaria and Serbia.
Tsesarevich is the term for a male heir apparent, the full title was Heir Tsesarevich , informally abbreviated in Russia to The Heir, (capitalized).
Tsarevich was the term for the younger sons and grandsons of a Tsar or Tsaritsa prior to 1721. In older times the term was used in place of “Tsesarevich” . After 1721 a son who was not an heir was formally called Velikii Kniaz ,Grand Duke or Grand Prince. The latter title was also used for grandsons (through male lines).
Tsarevna was the term for a daughter and a granddaughter of a Tsar or Tsaritsa prior to 1721. After 1721, the official title was Velikaya Kniaginya , translated as Grand Duchess or Grand Princess.
See also Grand Duchess for more details on the Velikaya Kniaginya title.
Tsesarevna (Цесаревна) was the wife of the Tsesarevich.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_of_the_Russian_sovereign#Full_style_of_Russian_Sovereigns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess
The princesses who were titled grand duchesses were able to keep their titles for life.
Men who marry into a royal family have to be bestowed their own titles by the monarch. They never assume titles and stylings of their wives.
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Paul Felix Murphy says
I have copied a picture of the signatures of Alexandra and the five children. Before the names of Alexandra, Olga, and Tatiana is a word that may be a title. with limited knowledge of Russian script, I cannot make out the initial Letter(s) of the word. But the word ends in __ira. What might the word be?